Gutter and roof surface



Aug. 24,1926. .1,597,283

' v F. T. MURRAY GUTTER' AND ROOF SURFACE Filed Auguste, 1925 2 sheets-snee: 1

Aug.- 24, 1926.l 1,597,283

F."T. MURRAY Y GUTTER AND ROOF `SURFACE Filed August 6, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2` -1' nventor ter slopes downwardly along the faces of the root to a down-flow pipe 14 from which water passes into a collecting tank 15.

It will also be realized that a ladder used for'obtaining access to the gutter will rest against the edges or eaves of the roof where they project beyond the gutter and not against the latter which is set s uiiiciently far n above the edge of the roof to avoid contact between it and the ladder.

The down-flow pipe 14 can be passed into the gutter as shown in Figure 3 through an orifice therein and can then be flanged lover at l5 and riveted in place to the gutter.

It is obvious that the invention is not limited in its application to iron roofs, corrugated or otherwise as it may be applied to any construction of root' where it is possible to liz; the gutter so that one edge will lie sutliciently closely to the root to collect water iiowing down the latter, or in which the gutter can be formed as a part of the rooie material. In Figure 4 the roof is shown as a plain root but it will be understood that this can represent a roof of any material and of any preferredA form.

- ln the case of a gabled root as shown in Figure 47 formed with hipped ends, the gutter can, Vin passing round the roo'li, slope downwardly andl continuously (in both directions around the root) as illustrated. The tank l5 may be of such a height as to extend right up to or close under the eaves of the roof, thus enabling a greater height of tank to be employed for any given building than would be possible when the gutter is fixed below the eaves.

l claim Y l. A gutter for application to a sloping corrugated roof surface above the lower edge thereof, said gutter having a body portion curved in cross section and constituting a trough, and a lateral attachment portion in the forni of a corrugated lip shaped and eX- tending at such an angle therefrom that it can be laid snugly alongv the sloping corrugated rooi surface substantially parallel with the lower edge thereof.

2. A gutter for application to a sloping corrugated roof surface above the lower edge thereof, having a body portion curved in cross section and constituting a trough, and an integral lateral portion in the form of a lip, which lip is corrugated to correspond to the corrugations ot' the root, and extends at such an angle from the body portion that it can be laid snugly along the sloping corrugated roof surface, and when so laid, the trough will'extend substantially horizontally away from the roof surfaceV with the middle of the bottom of the trough spaced away from the root.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

FRANCIS THOMAS MURRAY. 

